chapter 27 imperialism

seizing of territory by a stronger country

• imperialism

• racism

• Social Darwinism

• Berlin Conference

the belief that one race is superior to others

• imperialism

• racism

• Social Darwinism

• Berlin Conference

social theory that applied Darwin's "survival of the fittest" to human society

• imperialism

• racism

• Social Darwinism

• Berlin Conference

meeting of 14 European nations to lay down rules for the division of Africa

• racism

• Social Darwinism

• Berlin Conference

• Shaka

an interest in or taking of land for its strategic location or products

• paternalism

• assimilation

• Menelik II

• geopolitics

war between the Russians and the Ottomans

• assimilation

• Menelik II

• geopolitics

• Crimean War

sepoy

• human-made waterway that cut through the Isthmus of Suez

• Indian soldier

• the most valuable of all Britain's colonies

• uprising of Indian soldiers after being forced to commit acts against their religion

"jewel in the crown"

• human-made waterway that cut through the Isthmus of Suez

• Indian soldier

• the most valuable of all Britain's colonies

• uprising of Indian soldiers after being forced to commit acts against their religion

Hawaiian ruler who called for a new constitution

• Boer

• Filipino

• scramble

• Queen Liliuokalani

One of the most troubling political legacies of colonial rule in Africa was

• an increase in local warfare

• the political divisions of the continent

• the introduction of epidemic disease

• the introduction of foreign crops